Harold Neil Johnston, AO (born 1945) is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker.
Neil Johnston was born in Werribee, Victoria, in 1945.
[1] Johnston was Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs between 1996 and 2004.
Johnston retired from the public service in September 2004.
[2] Johnston was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in January 2005 for service to the community through the initiation and implementation of a range of policies designed to meet the diverse welfare and social needs of ex-Service personnel and their families, and more broadly to public sector administration in the areas of economic and business development and service delivery.